VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

ok question how many of you take vitamin supplements for crohns?????i myself dont take any vitamins at all but now i think i ought to as my back is beginning to get very sore now also  for those of you who don take vitamins do you feel the benefit from taking them????????

Oh and what vitamins do you take??????

since most of us eat like crap, crohn's or no crohn's, not to mention the lack of nutritional value that in our food (this really is scary if you take the time to look into it) a good multi vitamin is a good idea. cheap vitamins in big tubs are junk - total waste of money. if you are taking a multi and your urine glows in the dark it means that a good majority of the vitamin is being lost through urine, so in a sense you are flushing your money down the toilet, literally. a good multi will cost you $1-2 per pill. seriously. there are a lot of good brands out there and there is a lot of junk too. it requires a lot of research (i'm in the process of doing this now). for starters, i suggest getting a multi that is as organic/natural as possible and not full of synthetic stuff made in a lab. one way to know is to read the label: if it says d-ingredient it is natural = good. if it says dl-ingredient this is totally synthetic which your body which wont really assimilate and what it does it wont really use. we havent been able to mimic nature perfectly yet in the lab. so when looking for a multi try to get one with more d-ingredients and less dl-ingredients. i hope that made sense. most are best taken with meals. i suggest splitting the dose, that is dont take the whole dose with one meal cos your body can only assimilate so much of a certain thing at one time, so if you take a lot at once you may not be truly getting it all.

the more fruit and vegetables you eat the more nutrients (ie vitamins and minerals) you get, so eat more of these and i highly encourage you to eat organic since it has been shown that the nutritional quality is in fact better.

also, vitamins cannot be used without minerals (for example, you need magnesium for proper calcium absorption). your body can produce some vitamins (vitamin D for example) but not many and it cannot produce any minerals - they must all be obtained through diet.

do i notice a benefit from taking vitamins? cant say for certain but i do believe that it probably is a good idea to take since most of us dont eat well enough to obtain the proper amounts from food alone.

i started to in july of this year when i found out i was anemic. i brought it up to my doc. i had it added to my standard order seeing how at the time i was also taking 6-mp, which requires monthly blood work (if it werent for those blood tests who knows if i'd have found out, but then i think i became anemic because of the 6-mp). anyhoo, my levels were super low and still are low, but are improving. a sublingual b-12 is best. take it with meals.

 Hi harry

             many thanks for your reply ill start buying b12 iron vitamins omega fish oil and anything else thats suggested i thought by taking vitamins i might not be so ill with the crohns and have some energy at least also my back and my joints are becoming really sore that i can barely move.

lets all sing a song

"we hate crohns we hate crohns"

Hi I take a multi vitamine daily and a B-12 injection 2 times a month.

I get b-12 injections once a month and take Slow-FE (iron), potassium and Acidophylus (sp?) every day.  I need to be taking calcium for have bone loss, but I haven't found one that doesn't tear up my stomach.  Has anyone found a good calcium supplement?

Clcaj - for calcium i use peter gillhams natural calm plus calcium. it is a calcium/magnesium supplement. mix a teaspoon or so in hot water and drink at night and morning. taste isnt bad at all.

malakai - there are flavored fish oils out there. i use garden of life's codmega. it has a lemon/mint flavor. goes down easy. carlson lab's makes a quality product too. i wouldnt take it this way unless it was flavored.

hey crazy harry, what is the texture of the cod mega???? Is it noticeable oily and thick? I was at a super supplements looking that the udo fish stuff yesterday but STILL couldn't bring myself to buy it. =0\

angelang40,
Just wanted to let you know... before you buy all the supplements since you said that you normally don't take them, you might want to start out with the multiviamin first, see how the tum tum handles it for a couple of days and then add a new thing to it. That way you'll know if something doesn't jive instead of quit taking all the supplements if one doesn't work out. Kindda like when you try out a new food to see if it is tummy friendly.

A B-total, A C-vit and a cod liver oil (for reducing inflammations) with D, E and omega 3.
Yoghurt every day for calcium and probiotics. Calcium helps the bones and teeth. Probiotics reduces inflammation.
Fruit and berries for antioxydants.
Vegetables for vitamines, fibers and antioxydants. Reduces inflammations.
Turmeric every day...reduces inflammations.

And Low dose naltrexone, LDN, to get rid of pain and diarrhea. It still works!
;-)

Ingrid